Releases
See what is new in the app, with the latest version first.
Version 1.6.0 — Sharing custom categories and staples
We improved sharing for custom categories and staples.
New features
- You can now share buckets that use a custom category. They do not appear in the other person's category list.
- When someone shares a staple you already have, you can merge it, keep both, or decline.
- You can change the category of a staple you added. The title stays locked.
- Stats doughnut charts and Sheets breakdowns now include custom categories.
Improvements
- Custom categories with the same name now group under your local look in lists and filters.
- You can no longer create or rename a custom category to match a built-in name such as Travel. Existing ones stay.
- Merge, keep both, and decline now ask for confirmation first.
Fixes
- First-time sharing of a personal bucket could fail.
- The Friends tab icon no longer flashes a lock on launch.
- The shared-bucket icon on the friends list now lines up with the like icon.
- A long custom category name could squash nearby counts and UI.
- Shared updates could stop arriving after the listener dropped.
Version 1.5.0 — Easier staples, and a clearer view of public items and friends
We made staples easier to find, and cleaned up how public items and friends look.
New features
- Travel staples now include Japan's prefectures.
- Travel staples now include U.S. states.
- Travel staples now include "Visit the Izu Islands".
- The home screen now shows completed and in-progress counts for your public buckets.
- Long-press a friend to see a card with their profile and counts.
Improvements
- "Share this app" now sends the official download page.
- Adding a staple from Discover now follows your default visibility setting.
- The staple "Visit Fukuoka" is now "Visit Hakata". Existing "Visit Fukuoka" items stay as they are.
- Travel staples now place Japan next to Japan's prefectures, and use official names.
- The list cap row now splits the limit and the breakdown. Public counts moved to the public row on Home.
- The list how-to now separates the heading from the explanation, and explains the cap row.
Fixes
- Your own list now reloads images less often, so it feels lighter.
- The list how-to text now matches the selected theme.
- The friend long-press card could briefly show the previous friend's counts.
- Friend avatars could flicker from a person placeholder.
- Unsharing and deleting a shared bucket are now distinguished on other devices.
- A shared bucket no longer stays marked as shared when only one person is left.
- The filter sheet now matches the detail screen's order and wording.
Version 1.4.0 — A clearer view of friends and your list
We cleaned up how friends and your list look.
New features
- The friends list header now shows public, in-progress, and completed counts.
- The list limit row always shows the in-progress and completed breakdown.
- Filter your list by whether buckets are included in SNS share.
Improvements
- The long-press menu now shows the full title when it was truncated.
- The stats report export heading no longer says "(Pro)". Pro is explained in the description.
Fixes
- Friend avatars could stay on a placeholder even after they had already loaded.
- Receiving a shared bucket sometimes failed to sync its completion event to the calendar.
- A friend's display name could jump after pull-to-refresh.
- Shared markers on Explore look right again.
- Progress-share notes now match the destination you picked.
Version 1.3.0 — Clearer share images and list actions
We cleaned up share images and list actions.
New features
- Redeem a store-issued promo code from Settings.
- Long-press a list row to complete, change visibility, share, or delete.
- The spreadsheet stats report now includes completions by age group.
Improvements
- Share images are now a single column. Full shows the whole list; Simple shows one bucket, and you can pick which one in the preview.
- Swipe actions on the list now ask for confirmation before complete, incomplete, or delete.
- The stats report no longer includes the bucket list. Export the list from Export to a file.
Fixes
- Progress sharing now lets you review the caption before opening the post.
- If a share image cannot be created, the app tells you instead of sending only the caption.
- Your list filters and sort order now persist after you reopen the app.
- Friends list filters now persist after you reopen the app.
- Pulling to refresh no longer lets an older like count overwrite a newer one.
- Fixed how shared rows appear on Explore.
- Share-image text is easier to read, and file size is smaller.
Version 1.2.0 — Easier ways to bring your list in, and a clearer view of friends
We made it easier to bring buckets in, and easier to see what friends are doing.
New features
- Import buckets from a CSV or Google Sheet.
- Share the app itself with friends from Settings.
- See how many public buckets each friend has.
- Group a friend's buckets the same way you group your own list.
- After adding a featured or public bucket, jump straight to it in your list.
Improvements
- Shared buckets now say "Members", so it's clear you're working on them together.
- You can no longer like your own bucket while it's shared.
- Removed the two gendered "Have a child" items from featured buckets.
Fixes
- Completion time sometimes showed as a negative number.
- Pro users sometimes hit the save limit.
- Cover images on shared buckets sometimes did not reach the other person.
- Strikethrough and overlapping headings could appear on the share image.
- Various display fixes on Friends and Explore.
Version 1.1.0 — Usability improvements and bug fixes
We refined everyday use and fixed issues around sharing and social sharing.
New features
- Exclude buckets from social share images. You can now choose this setting for each bucket.
- See the number of likes you have received in bucket details and list rows.
- Set an achievement date to "Not set" when you remember completing something but do not know the date.
- After your third completion, the app will ask for an App Store or Google Play review once.
- Collaboration notifications now show who edited a bucket and link to it. Important fixes are also announced in the app.
- Added "Have a child" to the starter buckets.
Improvements
- Making a bucket public no longer reduces what your friends can see.
- We organize the information shown in list rows. Visibility, sharing, and social-sharing indicators now sit on the first line and remain easy to read on narrow screens.
Fixes
- Shared-bucket updates could fail to reach another device on Android.
- Pro users could incorrectly see a message saying they could not join a shared bucket because of a save limit.
- Collaboration notifications could arrive more often than needed, and a shared bucket's "Only me" visibility setting could fail to save.
- Images could sometimes be missing when sharing to X or LINE on iOS.
- Likes from a previous account could remain after signing out, and list rows could wrap onto two lines on narrow screens.
Version 1.0.0 — First release
Bucket List Commit is now available on the App Store and Google Play. Future releases will group updates into new features, improvements, fixes, and other changes.
New features
- Create, edit and complete bucket-list items. Keep photos, notes, checklists, due dates and visibility settings together.
- Choose from starter buckets to add ideas, or use Quick Add to capture a thought as soon as it comes to you.
- Find friends, invite them with a link or QR code, share buckets, browse public lists and leave likes.
- Look back on completion rates, category breakdowns and your progress over time.
- Optional reminders help you return to due dates, achievement anniversaries and buckets you have not touched for a while. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets are included, too.
- Export to CSV, Markdown, PDF or Google Sheets. GitHub sync and Google Calendar and Google Sheets integrations are also available.
- Choose from two free themes and six paid themes. Pro increases the limits for saved buckets, friends and photos.
Other
- The app supports iPad, iCloud backup on iOS, restore-only backup on Android, Japanese and English, and reporting and blocking.